Patents by Inventor Volker Arlt

Volker Arlt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for operating a wind turbine, arrangement and system
    Patent number: 9033660
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a wind turbine having an elongated stand apparatus, a generator rotatably mounted on the stand apparatus, and a rotor coupled to the generator via a rotor hub and the wind turbine also having an elongated rotor blade. A position of a radar system is determined with respect to the wind turbine and at least one area is determined for the rotational axis of the rotor as a function of the determined position which is not intended to be permanently assumed for alignment of the rotational axis of the rotor about the longitudinal axis of the stand apparatus. The wind turbine is operated with the at least one determined area not being permanently assumed for the alignment of the rotational axis of the rotor about the longitudinal axis of the stand apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Arlt, Guillaume Steinmetz, Ulrich Harms, Gerd Hose
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE, ARRANGEMENT AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120195756
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a wind turbine having an elongated stand apparatus, a generator rotatably mounted on the stand apparatus, and a rotor coupled to the generator via a rotor hub and the wind turbine also having an elongated rotor blade. A position of a radar system is determined with respect to the wind turbine and at least one area is determined for the rotational axis of the rotor as a function of the determined position which is not intended to be permanently assumed for alignment of the rotational axis of the rotor about the longitudinal axis of the stand apparatus. The wind turbine is operated with the at least one determined area not being permanently assumed for the alignment of the rotational axis of the rotor about the longitudinal axis of the stand apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Volker Arlt, Guillaume Steinmetz, Ulrich Harms, Gerd Hose